Brazilian regional cultures within a corporate environment

Authors

  • Ana Lúcia Magalhães Faculdade de Tecnologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-2593.organicom.2014.139250

Keywords:

Business communication. Cultural differences. Interculturality. Rhetoric.

Abstract

Brazil is not only a country but also half a continent and, as such, bears a number of regional cultures. The observation of a team consisting of professionals from all over the country demonstrates that regional cultures do show up in the daily interactions between those professionals but that such diversity does not affect the communications within the team. This is due to a core of common values, both instrumental and desired, that are shared by all members of the team, which is subject to intense pressure to deliver quality work. Rhetoric comes out as an important investigation tool of such context.

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Author Biography

  • Ana Lúcia Magalhães, Faculdade de Tecnologia
    Doutora e mestre em Língua Portuguesa pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). Graduada em Letras pela Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Lorena. Responsável pela coordenação dos trabalhos de conclusão de curso de Tecnologia de Informática na Faculdade de Tecnologia (Fatec), em Cruzeiro (SP), e professora de projetos para esses cursos. Professora titular da Fatec, em Cruzeiro (SP).

Published

2014-12-24

How to Cite

MAGALHÃES, Ana Lúcia. Brazilian regional cultures within a corporate environment. Organicom, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 11, n. 21, p. 187–200, 2014. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2238-2593.organicom.2014.139250. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.usp.br/organicom/article/view/139250.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.